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'Purification' First-wave feminists argued that women's votes would clean up politics. The man wears a badge with 'MHR' – Member of the House of Representatives – written on it.
Ashley Hunter, New Zealand Graphic, 18 November 1893
'Purification suffrage cartoon', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/purification, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 9-Jun-2014
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